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The Learning Fellows Program—organized by the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning (DCAL) and Educational Technologies—embeds advanced students in classes around campus. It’s a model that is rapidly changing the Dartmouth classroom experience, says the program’s director, Kes Schroer.

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An article that briefly mentions engineers at Dartmouth have created tools to automatically detect child pornography on the internet, in an overall article about how technology companies such as Google, Facebook and Twitter need to do more to stop the spread of violent and extremist material on their platforms.

In his latest blog post for Inside Higher Ed, Joshua Kim discusses why is it that it is the browser, and not the app, still dominates digital learning. Kim is director of digital learning initiatives at the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning (DCAL).

As a guest on "Vermont Edition," William Hudenko, assistant professor of psychiatry and adjunct assistant professor of the department of psychological and brain sciences, discusses software and app, called Proxi, that he created that allows patients to create online networks of friends, relatives and doctors—and share information among them. It also simplifies the process of legally authorizing that information to be shared with different people.

In his latest post for "13.7 Cosmos & Culture," Marcelo Gleiser, the Appleton Professor of Natural Philosophy, discusses transhumanism and the book To Be a Machine: Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death by Marc O'Connell. "Whatever your choice, transhumanism is here to stay. Don't believe me? Look at your smart phone: the world at your fingertips, its apps an extension of yourself, your digital persona, your connectivity to the global community," says Gleiser. "Imagine the angst of not having one for one or two days...

An opinion piece by Kendall Hoyt, assistant professor of medicine and lecturer at the Thayer School of Engineering, where she discusses how biosecurity and cybersecurity have similar dangers—and similar potential benefits. "In the wrong hands, both types of knowledge can be used to develop a weapon instead of a vaccine or a patch," says Hoyt. "The genetic tools and exploit software that enable these activities are becoming easier to use and to acquire, prompting security experts to ask one question with growing urgency: How can we protect against misuse without limiting discovery and...

We all like to travel with our mobile devices (smartphones, laptops, or tablets) — whether it’s just a trip to Umpleby’s or to a café in Paris. These devices make it easy for us to stay connected while on the go, but they can also store a lot of information — including contacts, photos, videos, location, and other personal and financial data — about ourselves and our friends and family. Following are some ways to protect yourself and others.

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In his latest blog post for Inside Higher Ed, Joshua Kim discusses a book about the dangers of consumer technologies. Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked by Adam Alter especially focuses on the addictive potential of smart phones, apps, websites, and video games. Kim is director of digital learning initiatives at the Dartmouth Center for the Advancement of Learning (DCAL).

Parker Richards '18 argues that websites should not be held liable for content such as fake news or Islamic State propaganda. Richards writes that "such liability would fundamentally undermine the freedom of the press intrinsic to American democracy."

Features an interview with Daniel Rockmore, the William H. Neukom 1964 Distinguished Professor of Computational Science and director of the Neukom Institute for Computational Science, who joined an international crusade by scholars and scientists to download massive volumes of valuable climate science data when word got out that the Trump administration, as part of its climate change denial efforts, planned to eliminate the data from federal government websites.